Cabinet for type



, P- C. MUSE CABINET FOR TYPE Filed Oct. 19, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PETER CLEMENTS MUSE, OF JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE.

CABINET FOR TYPE.

Application filed October 19, 1928. Serial No. 142,754.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for blank type, lead slugs, and the like, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet having compartments adapted for the reception of blank type or like articles of different sizes and each adapted to hold a series of articles of a. particular size so that such articles can be conveniently placed in one end of the compartment and will pass by gravity to the opposite end of the compartment.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet of the character clescri'bed which has compartments adapted to effect :the complete turn-over or uniform use of the respective type or other articles of each type size that is used with the cabinet.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a cabinet having compar ments which have open upper and lower ends so that blank "type or like articles may be placed one at a time in the open upper ends of the compartments and removed in a like manner from the lower ends of the compartments and such articles will pass freely by gravity through the compartments without sticking to the bottoms or other walls of the compartments.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through the cabinet,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the cabinet,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary front elevation of the cabinet, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a structural unit which can be used alone or in conjunction with other likeunits in the improved cabinet. I

The supporting or frame structure of 'acabinet embodying the invention may comprise a flat base 1, aback plate 2 upstanding from the base 1 at the rear edge of the base 1, a pair 'of end plates 8, and a relatively front bar l which spans the front edges of the upper positions of the end plates 3. These members of the frame structure may be joined to one another in any suitable known manner and maybe made of any suitable known material.

The base 1 and the back plate preferably are rectangular in configuration as shown. The bottom edges of the end members extend at right angles with their back edges to conform to the angular relation of the has: plate 2 with the base 1 and the front edges of the end members 3 may be formed to be substantially right angular in configuration as shown best in Figure 2. The compartments of the cabinet are produced by structural units, each of which comprises an open ended substantially right angular tubular or hollow body 5 which is rectangular in cross sectional configuration and which is adapted to rest on the base 1 with til-1e upper end portion thereof disposed between "the front bar 4 and the back plate 2 of the frame structure of the cabinet. The upper edge of the hollow body preferably is flush with the upper edge of the back plate 2 while the bottom wall of the lower end portion of the hollow body 5 preferably terminate's substantially flush with the front edge of the base 1.

The hollow body 5 is not truly right angular since there is no abrupt. angle between the arms or end portions thereof but on the contrary the arms or end portions of the hollow body are merged into each other substantially along an arc of a circle. Therefore, the space within the hollow body will have smooth walls which will not in-- partments is'in the nature of a chute and is open at its opposite ends. Also, each compartment conforms in cross section to "the configuration of the article for which it is adapted to receive, being rectangular 'in cross section in the present instance since each of said compartments is intended primarily for the reception of blankor space type or similarly shaped slugs or other ob jects.

The respective compartments may be of n different sizes or areas in cross section so as to accommodate six of the seven units of spaces which are used in all foundry type, and a tray 18 is provided on the bend portion of the front walls of the hollow bodies 5 of the cabinet for the reception of the remaining space type of the usual foundry type.

The top walls of the lower or delivery end portions of both the front and rear compartments of each hollow body 5 are cut away as shownclearly in the drawings to afford easy access to the lower end portions of such compartments and the lower ends of the front compartments terminate at the rear of the lower ends of the larger or rear compartments. The bottom wall of each compartment is inclined upwardly and for- Wardly at the lower or delivery end of that compartment in advance of the edge of the top wall of the lower end portion of that compartment as indicated at 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, for the compartments 12. 13, 14:, 15, 16, and 17 respectively. The inclined members 19 to 24-, inclusive, may be termed inclined lips at the bottoms of the delivery ends of the respective compartments and such lips serve as stops to prevent accidental displacement of articles from the compartments and also to facilitate the manual removal of space type or like objects from the compartments such objects can he slid along the lips from the compartments when actuated by pressure from the fingers of a user of the cabinet.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. The cabinet may comprise one or more of the hereinbefore described structural units and each unit has compartments for type of the following sizes: M quads, N quads, 8 to M spaces, 5 to M spaces. 4 to M spaces, and hair spaces. The type is dropped into the open upper ends of the compartments and will move by gravity against the lips at the bottoms of the lower or delivery ends of the compartments, whence the type can be instantly removed for use as desired.

The type of each size will pass by gravity in sequence through the appropriate compartment and thereforeall type of a given size is available for use only in their turn, thus preventing undue use of only certain type of a size with consequent deteriora tion of such type. 1

The frame structure will vary in length accordingto thenumber of compartmentunits that are to be supported on the frame structun. "The compartment units may be made of lighta'auge metal or any other suitable material.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other than that which is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and I. therefore consider as my own all such modifications and adaptations thereof as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: a

1. in a cabinet of the character described, a structure formed to produce a compartmcnt having an open upper end into which type may be placed and an open lower end portion from which. said type can be removed, the lower end portion of said com- ;iartment structure extending substantially at right angles with the upper end portion of sa l compartment structure and having longitudinally curved upper and lower walls at the junction of said rightangular members.

2. In a cabinet of the character described, an open ended substantially right angular hollow body, a frame supporting said body so that one end portion of the hollow body is upright and the other end portion of the body is substantially horizontal, the end por tions of said body being merged into each other substantially along the arc of a circle, and partitions dividing said hollow body longitndinally into a plurality of separate con'ipartments, each adapted for the passage therethrough of type of a particular size.

3. In a cabinet of the character described, an open ended substantially right angular hollow body, a frame supporting said body so that one end portion of the hollow body is upright and the other end portion of the body is substantially horizontal. the end portions of said body being merged into each other substantially along the arc of a circle, and partitions dividing said hollow body longitudinally into a plurality of separate compartments, each adaptedfor the passage therethrouah of type of a particular size, each of said compartments having an upwardly and outwardly inclined lip atthe eX- tremity of the bottom of its horizontal end portion.

4;. In a cabinet of the. character described, an open ended substan ially right angular hollow body, a frame supporting said body so that one end portion of the hollow body is upright and the other end portion of the body is substantially horizontal, the end portions of said body being merged into each other substantially along the arc-of a circle, and partitions dividing said hollow body longitudinally into a plurality of separate compartments, each adapted for the passage therethrough of type of a particular size, each of said compartments having an upwardly and outwardly inclined lip at the extremity of the bottom of its horizontal end portion, and having its top'wall'cut away at the extremity of its horizontal end portion, whereby the lower ends of the compartments which are partially included in the upper part of the horizontal endportion of said hollow body terminate inwardly of the lower ends of the compartments which are partially included in the lower part of said horizontal end portion of the hollow body.

5. In a cabinet of the character described,

an open ended substantially right angular hollow body, a frame supporting said body so that one end portion of the hollow body is upright and the other end portion of the body is substantially horizontal, the end portions of said body being merged into each other substantially along the arc of a circle, and a tray on the bend portion of said hollow body for the reception of other type.

6. A cabinet comprising a base, a back wall and end walls on the base, a front bar spanning the front edges of the upper portions of theend walls and spaced above said base, and a substantially right angular hollow body open at its upper and lower ends and having an upright end portion disposed between said back wall and the front bar and a substantially horizontal lower end portion resting on said base, the hollow body being divided longitudinally into a plurality of compartments, each adapted to permit a series of type to pass by gravity therethrough, and means at the extremities of the horizontal end portions of said compartments for preventing said type from moving by gravity completely from said compartnients.

PETER CLEMENTS MUSE. 

